Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-05

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had ha.u tastaf,It,- dsc,ratnj for tho .,,oo.
sim Tho Central window in tba north wall
of the hall had been DRAINED with lace over
cardinal curtains im,neliatalv Lahind the
platform to which the president and Mrs.
Cleveland were conducted The rostrnm
was set ont with green. and over it WAS the
transparency of the NeiitI Prophet riding on
the DRAGON ArounI it wa, draral Ameri-
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COMING Ghe guests At edch corner OF the
hall were two transparent five pointed stars,
illuminated with electric lights. Over the
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4 pretty TRANSPORTATION scene followed
Al $50 O'Clock p, m, after having dined
hhu rested, the president and Mrs Cleveland
and their travelling companions, attended by
"A reception committee OF the VeI-d Proph-
Its and their ladies' took seats on the Wash
mgton avenue balcony of the Lindell for the
purpose OF viewing perhaps the most mag
niticent of all the grand spectacles with
which this city has honored them. 1t <,,,as
nearly O'Clock when the last of ~ ,.
geous pageant had gone by Il vras :. bs.n-
tlui sight, the floats ty1SIfvino, notable avarts
OF the worlds hlsy', ~, ,,,,,,-,,oI -; .h Ia
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Jcts repr.sept4d
First came the yelled rropbet with his attend
ant high priests followed 10y fnars representing
Michael and Lu,.if,'r the Expulsion from
Paradise Cain AMI Abel" Abraham and
lSlac Joseph Sold Int" Egypt Joseph Dis
tr'nI'nlg Corn 10 his br-'hFr''. Moses IN the
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uah Calling Nmeveh 10 Repentance" Death of
Josiah Capture Of Tyr, Judith aud H"io-
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70 tirtmgly closed the festivities in bunor Of
the guests of the city The nresidsnt
and Mrs Cleveland we're Inud in their
nraise and sea,nad acknowledgements rpaasura
They hntt ruoual,ti, dIv irdorsad tha na,,sanr
rs the greatest nf ali the MANY attractions
provided during their STAY.
The trip on the river began about II O'Clock
a IN. and ended at II 81 The steamer City
If Baton Roug4 had been rairv derorateJ far
she occasion. and the whole preSidenti,l
partv. accomnaniad by a local committee
and about 400 invited ,ruasts went sbo,ri
and were taken a ride If about eight miles an
the Mississippi The saloon nf the vessel ua,
United States arsenal band wa; in sttarJ
ance At the lower mart nf tbe trim stands
the Vulcan Iron mills and herr. wer,. a p,m-
Dor of steamers and locomotives As the pres
ident's boat apprnarb..l an idle Locomotive
gave n macmillan whistle in imitation of the
GROWING of a cock A tup on the river ra
sponded in kind A Incomotive on the sast
bank caught the cry, and two OF three others
up and down the stream echoed it Then the
steamers at the landing, and finally the
dozen or more whistles OF the mills opened
their throats, and cock -s-dooiledooS, h"arse
shrlll, raspy, in every tone of the gamut,
came from the four quarters of the compass.
1t was entertaining hat few minutes If
this concert was enough.
The employees of the mills, several hundred
il number, were standing on the bluff, and
as tie Baton Rouge turned to 60 back mp the
river they gave the voyagers three hearty
cheers Throughout the entire journey the
president and Mrs Cleveland occupied seats
in the bow OF the steamer
The return trip was made without Incl
dent and when landing effected the
president and party were driven to the Lin
dell, from whence after short stop they
fol To ha fai hat,
were first entertained at luncheon by the
Green and then sbown tbrou,b the grounds